Proposed Experiment to Test Local Hidden-Variable Theories
John F. ClauserDepartment of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027Michael HorneDepartment of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027Abner ShimonyDepartment of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027R.A. HoltDepartment of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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ABI
Abstract
A theorem of Bell, proving that certain predictions of quantum mechanics are inconsistent with the entire family of local hidden-variable theories, is generalized so as to apply to realizable experiments. A proposed extension of the experiment of Kocher and Commins, on the polarization correlation of a pair of optical photons, will provide a decisive test between quantum mechanics and local hidden-variable theories.
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